Music Note Tattoos

Posted on October 11, 2010
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Music Note Tattoos Music plays an important role in our life. Though almost all the people are keen on listening to music and some even do a little of singing or playing different musical instruments on the amateur basis, the real music, the music we know and admire, is created by people who employ their talent, devotion and hard work to compose masterpieces of all styles and genres.

People often view tattoo art as the means of self-expression, and musicians are not an exception. Those of them who decide in favor of getting a tat, often resort to a music note as a universal sign for all musicians regardless of the instrument they play and a universal symbol immediately associated with music.

Music Note Tattoos

The note is usually done black, and can be accompanied by other notes on the staff to form a tune everybody who’s in will understand. There you can as well include other musical symbols like clef, sharp and flat signs. Or you may have a staff notation tattoo made of 5 lines each of which houses a different music note. When a music note tattoo consists of a single note, the note is usually depicted closed (with its head colored) with a stem and a flag thus including all the parts of this symbol.

Music Note Tattoos

And of course, there’s a possibility to specify your occupation by getting a tattoo depicting the instrument itself with music notes flying all around it. Furthermore, you may incorporate other symbols as flowers, leaves or stars into your tat to show that music brings pleasure to people’s lives.

Music totes tattoo are small and can be easily hidden or shown off depending on the situation. Women like these tats for their diminutiveness and neatness. They look great on ankles, feet and wrists, on necks and shoulders, in other words – everywhere!

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Sparrow Tattoos

Posted on October 6, 2010
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Sparrow Tattoos Bird tattoos has inspired many tattoo artists to create fascinating tattoo designs as well as many tattoo enthusiast to adorn their bodies with tats depicting flying creatures. The birds’ ability to fly above in the sky and their freedom is perhaps the most powerful source of inspiration for people on Earth.

Sparrows are not spectacular or eye-catching; these birds are small, brown and fly in little flocks here and there. That’s why sparrow tattoos often include other element into their design, such as a branch of a tree or a little flower.

The sparrow as a symbol has rather a controversial meaning. It stands for affection towards somebody, or melancholy, or pugnacity, greed and even lust. It is in China where the sparrow is associated with men’s potency while sexual connotations can be also found in Greek interpretation of this symbol where the sparrow was a helpmate of the Aphrodite, the goddess of love and beauty. In western art loose women were often depicted with sparrows in their hands.

In China sparrows are also perceived as messengers of the Otherworld while American Indians considered it to be a symbol of affluence and druids made it their totem bird.

As you see, sparrow tattoos can be used in different tattoo designs and explained from different points of view. They are widely used by sailors as these birds as well as swallows were believed to bring them good luck because when there’re sparrows or swallows in the sky there’s land nearby. So, sailors have a tradition of getting a sparrow tat after they had travelled 5,000 nautical miles in the sea. These tats are also used in prison culture as they symbolize freedom to prison inmates.

Sparrow tattoos can be used in memorial tattoo designs. There was a belief in Ancient Egypt that sparrows can catch the souls of the dead, and now sparrows are often included in RIP tattoos where they typically carry a banner with a name of a gone person.

Many people perceive sparrows as symbols of love and loyalty and get tattoos with two sparrows to visualize this nice union of evr-lasting human values. At the same time, two sparrows looking in different directions symbolize the end of one affair and the readiness for another.

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Italian Tattoos - Designs and Ideas

Posted on September 18, 2010
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Italian Tattoos - Designs and Ideas Italy is the country that fascinates many people. Situated on a strikingly shaped peninsula, it attracts people by its heat, sun, spectacular history and rich cultural heritage. That’s why Italian tattoos are worn mostly by foreigners and people of Italian descent rather than by native people.

Styles and patterns of Italian tattoos are connected to modern and ancient symbols of the country. The Italian flag wrapped into the outlines of the boot-shaped peninsula is one of the most popular tattoos. At the same time, many people resort to something more original while leaving the Italian red, white and green color pattern (the one used in the flag).

Italian Tattoos - Designs and Ideas

Italy, and its capital Rome in particular, has been a long time a religious center of Europe, the center of Catholicism. Vatican was the permanent residence of the Pope of Rome, and though this city-state is in all ways independent from Italy, Italians are proud of its connection to their own history. Hence, the Italian cross, or the Vatican cross, combined with some other symbols, is often chosen for an Italian tattoo. The cross has a medieval style sometimes, which is not accidental - the Church was the main social institution in those times and religion penetrated all spheres of people’s life.

But Italian tattoos borrow its designs even from the earlier times when pagan gods were worshipped. Take, for instance, the Italian Horn. It is the symbol of Moon Goddess and was believed to protect against the evil eye that inflicts harm on reproduction attacking, mother and their babies as well as male reproductive organs. The horns can be bought even today as souvenirs but there’s also a possibility to get a tattoo depicting it, which is much cheaper.

You can also incorporate saying in Italian into your Italian tattoos. Italian-speaking people often resort to such an option, but if you don’t know the language but still are for a script tattoo, consult someone, who can provide you with a correct translation of what you are about to tattoo.

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Chinese Writing Tattoos

Posted on September 12, 2010
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Tattoo lettering isn’t infrequent to see nowadays. Western people are fascinated by other peoples’ writing systems, especially oriental ones, that’s why often resort to Japanese of Arabic characters in their tats or get Chinese writing tattoos.

Chinese lettering tats seem cool because they are done in a language not everybody can understand; they are exotic and feature harmony in their designs. Some people value their beauty while the others use them to show off their Chinese origin or their deep interest in this country, its culture and inhabitants.

Chinese scripts in tattoos is not an easy thing to do. Only reputable tattoo artists with a long experience in this field can do it. Chinese characters should be done with terrifying precision for in China writing is the real art where everything is done according to canonic rules. Chinese calligraphy presupposes brush strokes of certain shape and interrelations between the symbols. There’re should be no artistic flow or deviations from original rules.

Don’t mix Chinese characters with that of Japan. Kanji lettering used in Japan is Chinese by origin while Hiragana and Katakana are not. There’re also traditional Chinese writing and its simplified version for modern use. A western eye doesn’t notice differences though they exist.

Very often Chinese writing tattoos not only look inappropriate but also their wearers don’t know their exact meaning. There’re numerous Internet sources claiming to provide precise translations of Chinese characters, so consult them before getting this or that tattoo. Some online services are paid, but they are not that expensive, so use a couple of them just to stay on the safe side. Know that poorly done Chinese writing tattoo evokes cynical smiles of those who’s cut their teeth on this topic.

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